Rising up of Loris: the Legendary Gunner

Chapter 3

Today, as usual, in front of Loris' study table was a potion brought by his father from a doctor.

It was Loris' morning routine to start soaking his hands in Federico's potion bought for him. Every morning, Federico brought a different potion from another doctor's treatment method.

"What is this?" Loris frowned.

For half an hour, Loris tried to soak his hands in the potion without feeling any magic power.

"Did they trick you again?" Loris murmured a little doubtfully.

As Loris dried her hands, there was a knock on the door of her room. The housekeeper of the Federico family looked at Loris with cold eyes.

"Young master Loris, you are invited to the hall. The meeting will begin shortly," the housekeeper said in a low voice.

Loris just said yes quietly. He chose to go alone rather than being led by the caretaker. It would make him even more pathetic in front of everyone.

But when Loris came out, the caretaker stood outside waiting for hi,.

"You're still here?" asked Loris in surprise.

Loris had just finished taking care of his hands. He was still adjusting the sleeves of his clothes. The back of his hand was visible to the housekeeper.

The housekeeper gave a small nod, his eyes not leaving the back of Loris' hand. He looked concerned and began to lead Loris into the hall. "Come, young master," he invited politely.

"It's not like I'm going to get lost in my own house," Loris chided quietly.

Loris sighed as he was about to enter the hall. He found his father, along with the four elders of the Federico family, sitting to the right of the long chairs filled with food.

Loris then glanced at the three foreign guests his father had never introduced. They were sitting on the left opposite his father. The strength of one guest was that of a class D shooter, a strong man who was rare around the city of Famu.

While Loris' father possessed a level of magic equivalent to the other two major clan patriarchs in Famu City.

Besides the foreign guests, two other men had E-level magic equivalent to the same-age youth in Federico's family. Loris realised their aura of power was equivalent to level E.

Without wanting to offend, Loris chose not to look at them for too long. He neutrally assumed that they were nothing and that this meeting might just be an engagement from a diplomat.

Loris entered and approached the long table. He bowed to his father and the other four elders politely.

After being given permission, Loris returned to his place. Just as he reached his desk, her body froze as he stood up.

"What's wrong, Loris?" his father asked when he saw his son standing still.

The young man realised his chair had been placed outside the hall door by someone irresponsible.

Seeing this, Federico immediately stomped over to his desk, and his eyes widened, "What is the caretaker doing?! How could my son's seat be missed?!" snapped Federico half angrily.

The elder sitting beside Federico calmed the man, "Calm down, Lord Federico. It's just the caretaker's negligence." Said the man lightly.

He then looked at Loris and smiled, "Loris, would you mind taking your seat?" he asked kindly.

The friendly voice sounded like a mockery to Loris' ears. He looked at her with a smile that was a knot that he had made in such a way, then gave a slight nod.

Loris could not use his magic. He strolled towards the hall door to take her seat.

Seeing that, everyone in the hall laughed with a low voice coming from the corner of another table.

"He can't reach anything with those hands," whispered one of the guests the same age as him.

As Loris was strolling towards the door, a beautiful woman in a black dress stopped in front of the hall door. The young woman wore her red hair beautifully wavy and had several ornaments in her hair.

The earlier uneasy situation turned into silence when Arturo brought Loris' chair and placed it on the side of his chair. "Are you okay?" Arturo whispered kindly to Loris.

She was worried about Loris being bullied by everyone in the hall. But that woman also couldn't do anything but continue to support Loris.

The beautiful woman smiled warmly at Loris, and he returned a brief smile.

Don't ask Loris how he felt, he didn't blame Arturo, but his pride was shredded. He wondered why Arturo was still defending him in front of everyone.

As they sat side by side, Loris whispered, "Why don't you just stop, Arturo?" Loris asked in a half-whisper. "The bullying will stop with me." He whispered.

Arturo wrinkled his forehead slightly, not accepting being told to stop by Loris. She clutched the dress tightly on her knees, her gaze straight at the table. "When I was being laughed at at the shooting range as a new kid, brother Loris never left me," Arturo muttered in a stifled voice.

They both fell silent, and the situation around them turned a little awkward and tense.

Loris felt a little guilty that his words offended Arturo just as he cleared his throat to apologise.

Arturo's voice came again, not in a stifled manner but in a more stable and calm tone.

"Brother Loris taught Artur many techniques in shooting. Brother Loris never stopped guiding Artur in absorbing magic power." Arturo smiled and raised her head. She felt more relieved when explaining to Loris beside het.

Loris, who heard that, looked into Arturo's eyes. The woman was telling the truth.

Not letting Loris reply first, Arturo again said, "From the results that brother Loris taught this self, the result is that I can be at this level. The power that I produce is not because of my hard work".

Arturo smiled when Loris turned to him. "But because of the hard work and kindness of Loris, who never stopped leaving me before," Arturo added sincerely.

"You're very kind, Arturo," Loris replied to Artur's explanation calmly.

"I will never abandon brother Loris like they once did," Artur whispered again beside Loris.

Hearing that, Loris was deeply moved. He even froze for a split second beside Arturo. Not wanting to look lame, he turned his head in the other direction and began to smile, remembering Arturo's words.

Loris chose to turn his attention to the elders who were talking at their main table in the centre.

Arturo's feelings so moved Loris that they were shown openly. But he could not touch Artur's hand to thank her.